On the phylogenetic position of the palaeopteran Syntonopteroidea (Insecta: Ephemeroptera), with a new species from the upper Carboniferous of England

Organisms Diversity and Evolution

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 331-340

  Prokop, Jakub ^b   Nel, André ^a   Tenny, Andrew ^b  

^a MUSÉUM NATIONAL D'HISTOIRE NATURELLE   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Langsettian; Late paleozoic; Palaeodictyopterida; Palaeoptera; Syntonopteroidea; Wing venation pattern

Indexed keywords

CARBONIFEROUS; CLADISTICS; MAYFLY; NEW RECORD; NEW SPECIES; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOZOIC; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TAXONOMY; WING MORPHOLOGY;

ENGLAND; LANCASHIRE; UNITED KINGDOM;

EPHEMEROPTERA; INSECTA; PALAEOPTERA;

EID: 78649634247     PISSN: 14396092     EISSN: 16181077     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13127-010-0022-2     Document Type: Article

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